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Use when determining animation durations, controlling pacing, establishing rhythm, or making motion feel appropriately weighted and emotionally resonant.

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# Timing Mastery

## The Weight of Time

Timing is the number of frames (or milliseconds) an action takes. It's deceptively simple—just duration—yet it communicates weight, emotion, and energy more powerfully than any other principle. Change the timing, change the meaning.

## Core Theory

**Physical communication**: Timing tells us about mass and force. Heavy objects start slow, stop slow. Light objects respond instantly. A bowling ball and a balloon falling the same distance—timing alone differentiates them.

**Emotional communication**: Timing tells us about character state. Sluggish timing reads as tired, depressed, or massive. Snappy timing reads as alert, nervous, or lightweight.

## The Frame Rate Foundation